Great is Thy faithfulness

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“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
 
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
  Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
    “Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
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Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
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Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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Mar 27 2012
Betty Bonn

Dunlap, Illinois, United States

I'm using this song to praise the Lord today. I have just spent time praying for my son with groanings that cannot be uttered. I broke through into praise and believe the Lord to change wrong attitudes and bring resolution to all the conflicts in him. The Lord is so faithful to bring me peace in the midst of this very hurtful situation: Great is Thy Faithfulness!

Mar 22 2012
EmeAkpan

Nigeria

My favorite hymn of all times. God's faithfulness has been great towards me and my family. What more can I say Lord I thank You for Your mercies towards us.

Mar 21 2012
Ayo Mark

London, United Kingdom

A very inspirational hymn, there is a weapon in God's hand called "compassion" which never failleth not in any battle. I've always trust in His faithfulness and He has never failed me for once.

Mar 19 2012
Nomusa

Tunis, Tunisia

Great is Thy Faithful is like my daily bread and understandable so because everyday I see His great mercies. Things that I Had not thought of. When things are really bad, God is my hope and when I am happy, He is there for me. He hasn't failed me yet. I can always trust Him, He changed not and that is very true. No friend like Jesus. Thank You God for everything.

Mar 19 2012
Wadzanayi Haparimwi

Harare, Zimbabwe

I used to sing this song a lot at high school assemblies. Only now is beginning to make sense and mean so much to me. Great is Thy faithfulness indeed!!!

Mar 15 2012
Kevin Thrapp

Cagayan De Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines

Truly God's Faithfulness has been with me witnessing and sheltering young Muslims to find freedom and life beyond the bondage of Islam! One night in 2011 a young Muslim boy, another helper (atheist) and myself were surrounded by Normal Muslims filled with hate to kill this boy for rejecting Islam and Mohammad! I hurried everyone into the woods to hide, but just before entering the woods I told them enter God's Rest and Faithfulness removed my shoes and stood shaking singing this song as they passed by without seeing us at arms length! I am a Baptist Social Justice Missionary and disciple of Christ who believes in God's grace and power today; which stands against all science and logic when God chooses to work His mercy today! My atheist friend and Muslim companion asked me why I continued to cry after they had passed? Yet still shaking I told them the presence of the Lord is upon me and I feel so unworthy and shameful! They both said, but why...because I had both believed and doubted and the angel told me your prayer was answer because of mercy and humbleness it is a witness unto you for your companions! God Bless Everyone....the only thing I can say is when there is no escape plead mercy and sing unto God.

Mar 12 2012
MLM

Pretoria, South Africa

Great is His faithfulness. I am going to trials and tribulations at the moment but my hope is build on Him as I know great is His faithfulness.

Mar 12 2012
Mercy Mburu

Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

'Great is Thy faithfulness' makes me so happy. It reminds me that I am on a journey set before me by the Lord. He walks with me all through the valleys, lakes and mountains. HOW LOVED AM I? Thank You Lord.

Mar 11 2012
Sumbo Olorunesan

Yeadon, Delaware, United States

This hymn is one of the most beautiful and inspirational songs I ever came across. Every morning I wake up I remember the wonders of God and His faithfulness towards me and my family.

Feb 19 2012
Belva

Franklinton, NC, United States

This is my favorite of all time hymn. God has been Faithful to me and to you. How can I say thanks, OH what a loving Father.

Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful. Lamentations 3:23b says, "Great is Your faithfulness." The chorus of a well-known hymn on God's faithfulness (Hymns, #19) says, "'Great is Thy faithfulness!' 'Great is Thy faithfulness!' / Morning by morning new mercies I see; / All I have needed Thy hand has provided—/ 'Great is Thy faithfulness,' Lord, unto me!" We may understand what the Bible says and what this hymn says about God's faithfulness either in a natural way or in a spiritual way. When you sing this hymn, how do you understand the word faithfulness? If you understand God's faithfulness in a natural way, you may think that He is faithful primarily in the matter of material provisions or physical blessings. When some say that God is faithful, they mean that He is faithful to take care of their material needs. However, in 1 Corinthians 1:9 Paul says, "God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." God is faithful in this matter, but He may not be faithful to provide you a large house or a well-paying job. I would not deny the fact that God is faithful in caring for our welfare. My point is that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding.

Consider the sufferings of the apostle Paul. He was called, commissioned, burdened, and sent by God, but wherever he went he had troubles. For example, as soon as he began to preach Christ, he began to suffer persecution. He even had to escape from Damascus by being lowered down the wall in a basket. Does this mean that God was not faithful to Paul? No, it means that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding.

When we believed in the Lord Jesus, we might have expected to have peace and blessing. But instead we might have had many troubles and might have lost our security, our health, or our possessions. When some Christians experience such things, they may question God's faithfulness and ask why He did not prevent hardships from happening to them.

We need to realize that in allowing us to have troubles, God is faithful in His purpose to turn us from idols and bring us back to Himself. Our peace, safety, health, and possessions may become idols to us, and God is faithful to take these things away so that we may drink of Him as the fountain of living waters. If our house or our possessions become idols to us, we drink of them and not of God. God's faithfulness is a matter of dealing with these idols and causing us to drink of Him.

God is faithful in leading us into His economy, and His economy is for us to drink Christ, to eat Christ, to enjoy Christ, to absorb Christ, and to assimilate Christ that God may have His increase with us to fulfill His economy. This is God's faithfulness.

Instead of drinking of God as the fountain of living waters, Israel drank of their idols. Therefore, God used the Babylonians to deal with these idols and also to destroy Jerusalem and even the temple, which had become an idol to them. We need to see that we are not better than Israel. Anything can become an idol to us. But God is faithful in fulfilling His economy. In His faithfulness He deals with our idols that we may drink of Him. We all need to drink of God as the fountain of living waters, receiving Christ into us and assimilating Him, so that He may increase for the fulfillment of God's economy to have His expression through His counterpart.

Whereas God is faithful, we are neither faithful nor chaste but go to many other husbands. After failing God, we may receive some mercy and grace and therefore repent and weep, saying, "How pitiful I am! For a long time I have not loved the Lord very much, and I have not attended the meetings." While we are repenting and weeping, God is rejoicing. However, if we repent and weep too much, even our repentance may become an idol. We may testify in a meeting, saying that we have thoroughly repented to God. But this may be a matter of self-boasting and be a self-made idol. Therefore, after repenting, we should begin to drink of the living waters, praising God, giving thanks to Him for everything, and enjoying Him. This is what God wants. God is not interested in anything other than our enjoyment of Christ.

Jeremiah's speaking in Lamentations 3:22-26 is another pattern of prophesying: "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Jeremiah told us that it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. This is not foretelling but blessing, well-speaking. He told us that the mercies, the compassions, of the Lord are new every morning. We need to learn to prophesy in this way. Jeremiah told the Lord, "Great is thy faithfulness." There is a well-known hymn based upon this verse (Hymns, #19). Jeremiah also said that the Lord was his portion. It is marvelous that there was a prophet in the Old Testament who knew that the Lord was his portion. When we tell others that the Lord is our portion, we are speaking the Lord to them.

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Worship of the Father
His Faithfulness
Thomas Obediah Chisholm (1866-1960)
William Marion Runyan (1870-1957)
D Major
3/4
11.10.11.10. with chorus.
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